Back to Mary and Joseph and Catholic tradition and sex, that's why Joseph got changed to an old man who was (I guess) merely looking for someone to take care of him, plus he was so awed by being the Son of God's step-dad that he only ever treated Mary with absolute respect and restraint. In return, Saint Joseph is now patron saint of families and being a good dad.
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Feb 28, 2006 4:04:11 pm PST #53 of 28095
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Connie Neil - Feb 28, 2006 4:34:16 pm PST #54 of 28095
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I've finished my book on the New Testament and am starting "Guns, Germs & Steel" (for the comma-philes, there's a comma after Germs, but I'm a comma heretic and don't like serial commas).
I think I'll wait till I know my new co-workers better before I take "Reclaiming the Gay-Lesbian Past" to work.
Emily - Feb 28, 2006 4:53:49 pm PST #55 of 28095
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
How does Mary staying a virgin after His birth make Jesus any more Jesus-y?
I'd imagine for the same reason Mary's conception got made immaculate -- if she's sin-free enough to bear Jesus, she's sin-free enough to stay that way. In other words, get the sex as far away from Jesus as possible.
brenda m - Feb 28, 2006 4:59:28 pm PST #56 of 28095
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Don't fuck with the Jesus?
DebetEsse - Feb 28, 2006 5:02:19 pm PST #57 of 28095
Woe to the fucking wicked.
or in the same zip code
Betsy HP - Mar 01, 2006 5:17:29 am PST #58 of 28095
If I only had a brain...
Aren't married folks kind of supposed to go forth and multiply under Catholic doctrine? How does Mary staying a virgin after His birth make Jesus any more Jesus-y?
Actually, married couples deciding to abstain from sex is praiseworthy in Catholicism; I'm pretty sure that a couple of saints were married but abstinent.
ChiKat - Mar 01, 2006 8:42:53 am PST #59 of 28095
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Not saints, but Abelard and Heloise. Of course, Heloise didn't want to be celibate, but Abelard forced it.
Dana - Mar 01, 2006 1:32:10 pm PST #60 of 28095
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Margery Kempe made her husband be celibate for a while too.
Consuela - Mar 01, 2006 3:15:12 pm PST #61 of 28095
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Um, didn't Heloise' uncle cut off Abelard's penis to enforce the celibacy?
Hmm, according to Wikipedia, well after the celibacy was broken.
Strix - Mar 01, 2006 4:43:53 pm PST #62 of 28095
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Gonads, not the tool o' love itself.